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Sunday, 7 April 2013

TERPENOIDS : CLASSIFICATION, PROPERTIES, ISOLATION AND APPLICATION

Terpenoids are volatile substances which give plants and flowers their fragrance. They occur widely in the leaves and fruits of higher plants, conifers, citrus and eucalyptus. The rate of discovery of new terpenoids has increased over the last ten years largely as a result of the increase in the sophistication of separation and analytical techniques.